STOCKHOLM - Rioting spread across Stockholm's suburbs early Wednesday in the third night of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on "hooliganism" and appealed for calm.
"In the past 24 hours, around 30 cars have been set on fire... in the greater Stockholm area," said Kjell Lindgren, a spokesman for the Stockholm police.
A school and a nursery in two of Stockholm's most deprived areas had been torched, and rocks were thrown at firefighters, police officers and their vehicles, he said.
On Tuesday, the prime minister waded into Sweden's heated debate on immigration by attributing some of the problems in Stockholm's low-income suburbs to failed integration.
"Sweden is a country that receives large groups from other countries. I'm proud of that," he said.
But he added that "there is often a transition period between different cultures" that the government had sought to facilitate by improving Swedish language education.
The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats on Wednesday pounced on the issue, saying the riots were the result of an "irresponsible" immigration policy.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/stockholm-riots-spread-as-pm-slams-hooli/684330.html
that is why their country is also known to be another 'banana republic'..not only your banana, the banglas, the ah nehs...the...too!
